You yield to The Turning Point relucantly, knowing well that it is
conning youwith sentiment, with flamboyance, with sheer slickness.
The story is an odd combination of "Old Acquaintances" and one of those
1930s musicals in which the kid from the chorus becomes a star
overnight. The old acquaintances in this case are actually old
rivalsballet dancers who chose different roads many years back and
must now deal with the consequences. The ambitious one (Anne Bancroft)
has become a great star, is now...